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Weather Review, November 29th

By Everton Fox

Quiescent Weather across the UK

It was a cold start to the day across much of the United Kingdom on Monday 29th November.

The lowest overnight temperature was recorded at Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway. A reading of Minus 5 Celsius (23 Fahrenheit) was recorded here. It comes as no surprise then to see that this was also the coldest place with temperatures struggling to get above freezing. The best they could manage was 2 Celsius (36 Fahrenheit).

It was a disappointingly dull and damp day for parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Most of the rain stayed away from the northwest fringes but Lusa on the Isle of Skye did get 6.0mm (0.24 inches) of rain.

It was a very different story across England and Wales with long sunny spells for many. The sunniest place was Falmouth in Cornwall with an impressive 8.4 hours of sunshine (which is about as much you get at this time of year).

On the other side of the Channel, Guernsey in the Channel Islands was the warmest place with a high of 11 Celsius (52 Fahrenheit).

During the evening, those clear skies over the south allowed temperatures to drop like a stone. However, frost was not the only problem. Late in the day dense fog patches formed across many central and eastern areas. Parts of Lincolnshire had a combination of the two with freezing fog being reported at RAF Coningsby by midnight.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 30-11-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Chivenor 8 metres 11.7°C

Isle of Man/Ronaldsway 17 metres 11.6°C

Plymouth Wc 50 metres 11.5°C

Scilly, St.Marys 31 metres 11.2°C

Pembrey Sands 3 metres 11.1°C

London MET 5 metres 10.7°C

Milford-Haven 37 metres 10.7°C

St.Catherine's Point 16 metres 10.7°C

Mumbles 35 metres 10.5°C

St.Mawgan 119 metres 10.5°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Topcliffe 25 metres -2.9°C

Shawbury 76 metres -2.5°C

Benson 63 metres -2.3°C

Coningsby 7 metres -2.1°C

Redhill 63 metres -2.1°C

Coltishall 20 metres -1.6°C

Cranwell 67 metres -1.6°C

Linton-On-Ouse 16 metres -1.6°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres -1.5°C

Church Fenton 9 metres -1.4°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 12.0mm

Baltasound 15 metres 11.0mm

Barra 3 metres 9.6mm

South Uist Range 10 metres 9.2mm

St.Bees Head 124 metres 8.0mm

Stornoway 9 metres 8.0mm

Valley 11 metres 8.0mm

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 7.6mm

Aberdaron 95 metres 7.2mm

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 7.0mm

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Weather Review, November 30th

By Kirsty McCabe

November draws to a close

It seems the weather has cottoned on to the fact that winter is fast approaching. For many of us it was a chilly start to the day, especially in North Yorkshire where the overnight temperature dropped to -3 C (27 F) at Topcliffe.

It wasn’t quite so cold across Scotland this morning, as a band of cloud and patchy rain kept temperatures well above freezing. This weak weather front moved slowly southeastwards across the country during the day, grinding to a halt near the Scottish border and threatening eastern parts of Northern Ireland.

There were a few heavier bursts of rain during the day, and Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway was the wettest place with 12.1 mm (0.48 inches) of rain over the past 24 hours.

Elsewhere it was a mainly dry story, with just some light rain and drizzle affecting western coasts of England and Wales. Cumbria was rather grey and damp today, and the low cloud certainly kept a lid on the temperature at Shap Fell. It was the coldest place today with just 5 C (41 F).

If you wanted a glimpse of sunshine today, you had to head towards the southwest or the Channel Islands. Saunton Sands in Devon was the warmest place today with 12 C (54 F) and Jersey bagged the most sunshine, a cracking 7.1 hours worth.

As November drew to a close, another chilly night was on the cards for many of us, with a risk of fog and ice patches where the skies cleared.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Weather Review, December 1st

By Dan Corbett

It was a chilly day across most of the United Kingdom

It was a chilly day across most of the United Kingdom. The thick coat certainly came in handy today with afternoon temperatures generally between only 4-7C (39-45F). Normal highs for this time of year are 8-10C (48-50F) The highest temperature for the United Kingdom only reached 11C (52F) at the Isles of Scilly. Redhill (Surrey) was the cold place this morning at -4C (25F).

The chilly temperatures were mainly because of cooler air that had fed in from the near continent and quite a bit of cloud across the British Isles. The cloud was especially stubborn for most of the day across Northern England, the Midlands, Wales and southeast England. Where the cloud did not hang on like a fly on fly paper, mist and fog was a problem. The day started very misty and foggy across Northern Ireland, Parts of Scotland, England and Wales. Visibilities at times were down to 100 metres in places. The low cloud certainly kept temperatures depressed with the afternoon high only reaching 3C (37F) at Strathallan (Perth and Kinloss).

A weak front helped bring a lot of the stubborn low cloud across the central parts of the British Isles. There was even some patchy rain and drizzle across parts of Scotland, England and Wales. The wettest place for the day was Dundrennan (Dumfries and Galloway) with 7.8 mm of rain in the rain gauge. The sun did make an appearance across some of the UK. Parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland had some good sunny spells. This was also the case for a thin swath of England and parts of Wales from the Bristol Channel up to the Wash. The sunniest place for the day happened to benefit from this good area of sunshine, Newquay (Cornwall) 6.6 hours.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 02-12-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 10.9°C

Valentia 9 metres 10.8°C

Chivenor 8 metres 10.4°C

Scilly, St.Marys 31 metres 10.4°C

Plymouth Wc 50 metres 10.0°C

Mumbles 35 metres 9.9°C

St.Mawgan 119 metres 9.9°C

St. Athan 49 metres 9.8°C

Milford-Haven 37 metres 9.7°C

Barra 3 metres 9.5°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Strathallan 35 metres -5.5°C

Aboyne 140 metres -4.9°C

Altnaharra 81 metres -4.7°C

Castlederg 51 metres -4.5°C

Redhill 63 metres -3.5°C

Bournemouth 11 metres -3.4°C

Aviemore 220 metres -3.2°C

Farnborough 65 metres -3.1°C

Edinburgh/Gogarbank 57 metres -3.0°C

Benson 63 metres -2.9°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Lerwick 82 metres 6.0mm

Loftus 58 metres 6.0mm

Coltishall 20 metres 2.0mm

Rosehearty 4 metres 2.0mm

Valley 11 metres 2.0mm

Wick 39 metres 1.8mm

Crosby 8 metres 1.6mm

Barra 3 metres 1.2mm

Tiree 12 metres 1.2mm

Ballypatrick Forest 156 metres 1.0mm

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Weather Review, December 2nd

By Victoria Good

Another cold day.... but it's looking mild for the weekend!

The cold spell continues! It was a rather chilly start to the day for most, with early morning temperatures down to minus 6 Celsius (21F) in Strathallen, Perth & Kinross. There was some patchy fog around too, and for some it lingered through the day.

Areas which stayed stuck under the mist and murk included parts of southwestern Scotland, northern England, Lincolnshire and East Anglia. In these areas, it felt very cold, and indeed the temperature in Glasgow really did struggle. Even mid afternoon, it was still just 1 Celsius (34F).There was also some rain for Scotland, but not a lot. Lerwick, in Shetland, recorded 6mm, making this the wettest place in the UK.

Where the mist and fog lifted, in spite of being so chilly, it was a lovely day in terms of sunshine. Bright blue skies were abundant for many areas. To name a few, Falmouth in Cornwall and Scarborough in North Yorkshire had over 6 hours of sunshine, which is pretty good for early December.

Some areas managed to respond well to the sunshine, and in Cardiff, it was another relatively mild day. Here, the afternoon temperature reached 11 Celsius (52F).

However, there were the remnants of a weak weather front across southern and eastern England through the day. This meant more cloud, although it did clear away by late evening. It brought a few spots of drizzle here and there, and kept the skies rather more grey while it lingered.

Another set of weather fronts began to creep into the far northwest of Scotland late in the day, bringing a little rain for the Western Isles. But, it also heralded the arrival of some much milder weather for the northwest in the day to come.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 03-12-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Milford-Haven 37 metres 12.1°C

Valentia 9 metres 11.9°C

Scilly, St.Marys 31 metres 11.7°C

Leuchars 12 metres 11.6°C

Ballykelly 2 metres 11.3°C

St.Angelo 47 metres 11.3°C

Isle of Man/Ronaldsway 17 metres 11.0°C

Aultbea 11 metres 10.9°C

Boulmer 23 metres 10.9°C

Preswick rn 6 metres 10.9°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Topcliffe 25 metres -5.8°C

Bournemouth 11 metres -5.0°C

Redesdale 207 metres -5.0°C

Shap 249 metres -4.7°C

Wittering 84 metres -4.3°C

Yeovilton 23 metres -4.3°C

Disforth 36 metres -4.2°C

Larkhill 132 metres -4.2°C

Leeming 40 metres -4.2°C

Linton-On-Ouse 16 metres -4.2°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Lerwick 82 metres 10.0mm

Aultbea 11 metres 7.8mm

Islay/Port Ellen 17 metres 7.0mm

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 7.0mm

Tiree 12 metres 7.0mm

Barra 3 metres 5.0mm

Keswick 81 metres 4.4mm

Belfast/Aldergrove 81 metres 4.2mm

Spadeadam 285 metres 4.2mm

Ballycastle 68 metres 4.0mm

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Weather Review, November 3rd

By Jo Farrow

Cold and foggy for some, much milder for others

Fog was still a problem for some areas on Friday 3rd December, and so was the cold. Overnight temperatures had fallen to minus 5 in Bournemouth and minus 6 in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire. The fog was a particular problem in southern England and East Anglia in the morning, with freezing fog for inland areas. This fog hardly cleared from the southeast during the day, only to reform in the evening.

Another problem to start the day, was freezing rain in northern England. This is precipitation, which freezes on impact with the cold ground, which as you can imagine, causes dangerous conditions.

It was damp over much of the northern half of the UK to start the day with one weather front over eastern Scotland through northern England into north Wales, and another front hanging over Northern Ireland and southwest Scotland. This wet weather slowly moved southwards, clearing Scotland and Northern Ireland, and becoming light and patchy as it lingered over northern England and north Wales.

Parts of eastern Scotland saw a much brighter afternoon, especially through the Forth valley.

The Channel Islands had the most sunshine with over 7 hours worth in Jersey and there were bright skies for much of southwest England, the Midlands and Wales. Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire had the highest temperature of 12 Celsius, 54 Fahrenheit.

For many it was a much milder to end the week. Newcastle had only reached 6 Celsius on Thursday but rose to 11 Celsius by Friday. Similarly in Glasgow, leaping from 1 to 10 Celsius in one day.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 04-12-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Scilly, St.Marys 31 metres 12.7°C

Culdrose 82 metres 12.4°C

Camborne 87 metres 12.3°C

Tain Range 4 metres 12.1°C

Lossiemouth 13 metres 12.0°C

Valentia 9 metres 12.0°C

Leeming 40 metres 11.8°C

Woodford 88 metres 11.8°C

Aberdeen/Dyce 65 metres 11.7°C

Kinloss 7 metres 11.7°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Redhill 63 metres -1.6°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres -0.7°C

Charlwood 80 metres -0.3°C

Aboyne 140 metres -0.2°C

Farnborough 65 metres 0.1°C

Shoreham 2 metres 0.1°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 0.8°C

Shobdon 99 metres 1.3°C

Thorney Island 4 metres 1.3°C

Herstmonceux 17 metres 1.4°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 31.0mm

Aultbea 11 metres 13.8mm

Lerwick 82 metres 11.0mm

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 9.0mm

Baltasound 15 metres 5.0mm

South Uist Range 10 metres 4.6mm

Stornoway 9 metres 4.2mm

Fair Isle 59 metres 3.7mm

Barra 3 metres 3.0mm

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 2.8mm

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Weather Review, December 4th

By Sarah Wilmshurst

Another grey day for most

It was another murky start to the day across parts of England and Wales, with some dense fog in places. Visibility fell to 100 metres across Powys and through the Vale of Glamorgan, across parts of the Midlands and down into Southern England. In Lyneham in Wiltshire the fog lingered through the morning, but generally it cleared more quickly compared with the last few mornings.

It wasn’t quite as cold overnight for many compared with recent nights. The lowest minimum recorded was at Redhill in Surrey where the mercury dipped to -2C. It was a different story in the opposite corner of the UK however. Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, saw an overnight minimum temperature of 10.7°C (the average minimum for December is 4.5°C here) thanks to a band of cloud blanketing the north and west of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The band of cloud was because of a weather front moving in from the west, and through the day this front continued to make slow but steady progress eastwards bringing outbreaks of rain into Scotland. Some of this rain was heavy at times; the Isle of Skye for example saw a period of quite heavy and persistent rain through the afternoon. The wettest place overall was Lusa on the Isle of Skye which saw 32 mm (1.25 inches) of rainfall.

For the rest of the UK Saturday was a generally cloudy day. There were breaks in the cloud though from time to time, for example Scarborough in North Yorkshire saw 4 hours of sunshine. It was also milder than of late with the temperature in Torquay in Devon climbing to 14C and the lowest recorded temperature was at Sennybridge in Powys with 8C.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 05-12-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Hawarden 10 metres 12.5°C

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 12.1°C

Valentia 9 metres 12.0°C

Roches Point 40 metres 11.9°C

Charlwood 80 metres 11.8°C

Chivenor 8 metres 11.8°C

Jersey 84 metres 11.8°C

Mumbles 35 metres 11.8°C

Scilly, St.Marys 31 metres 11.8°C

Aberdaron 95 metres 11.7°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Castlederg 51 metres 1.3°C

Yeovilton 23 metres 1.7°C

Culdrose 82 metres 3.1°C

Pembrey Sands 3 metres 3.1°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 3.3°C - That's quite interesting that

Plymouth Wc 50 metres 3.4°C

Lough Fea 225 metres 3.5°C

Benson 63 metres 3.6°C

Liscombe 348 metres 3.9°C

Cardinham 200 metres 4.2°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Baltasound 15 metres 10.0mm

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 9.6mm

Altnaharra 81 metres 8.2mm

Lerwick 82 metres 7.0mm

Aultbea 11 metres 6.8mm

Kirkwall 21 metres 6.0mm

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 4.2mm

Sennybridge 309 metres 4.0mm

Valentia 9 metres 3.4mm

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 3.0mm

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Weather Review, December 5th

By Darren Bett

A mild but cloudy picture

For once, the day started generally frost free across the United Kingdom. Only the tops of the Cairngorms fell below freezing early Sunday morning. The lowest overnight temperature was reported as 1C at Castlederg in West Tyrone.

Most of England and Wales spent the night under a blanket of cloud. This cloud was associated with a weakening weather front moving southwards across the UK. There was little rain associated with the front, just 11mm of rain was reported overnight at Baltasound in Shetland.

The front continued to bring cloudy skies across much of southern England, south Wales and the south Midlands through the day. Parts of southwest England and South Wales had a dull and dreary day with low cloud and patchy drizzle. Lyneham in Wiltshire struggled with mist and low cloud all day.

Elsewhere in the UK, things improved quickly as the front moved southwards. To the north, the cloud broke to give a pleasant afternoon with light winds and some lovely sunny spells, 4 hours of sunshine was recorded at Aberdeen.

It was mild for December too. The maximum temperature was again in southwest England, this time 14°C at Falmouth in Cornwall.

During the evening, thicker cloud from the Atlantic, brought drizzle to northwest Scotland. Many other areas were cloudy but patchy fog began forming in Lincolnshire, East Anglia and the East Midlands.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 06-12-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Kinloss 7 metres 13.2°C

Lossiemouth 13 metres 12.9°C

St.Catherine's Point 16 metres 12.6°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 12.4°C

Newcastle Weather Centre 30 metres 12.4°C

Aboyne 140 metres 12.3°C

Thorney Island 4 metres 12.3°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 12.2°C

Hawarden 10 metres 12.1°C

Isle of Man/Ronaldsway 17 metres 12.1°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Coltishall 20 metres 0.3°C

Marham 23 metres 0.6°C

Coningsby 7 metres 0.9°C

Topcliffe 25 metres 1.3°C

Wainfleet 5 metres 1.5°C

Cranwell 67 metres 2.0°C

Wattisham 87 metres 2.3°C

Wittering 84 metres 2.3°C

Scampton 61 metres 2.4°C

Holbeach 3 metres 2.8°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 35.0mm

Aultbea 11 metres 14.0mm

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 8.0mm

Tiree 12 metres 8.0mm

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 7.8mm

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 7.0mm

Barra 3 metres 6.0mm

South Uist Range 10 metres 4.8mm

Aviemore 220 metres 4.2mm

Stornoway 9 metres 4.0mm

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Weather Review, December 6th

By Rob McElwee

Another mild winter day

Monday 6th December 2004 started with eastern England still in pretty cold air, foggy for a while in East Anglia. This was the same air that had been around for days. But, before dawn, this had all gone and the whole of the UK was for a time in the same airmass.

In that early cold, Norwich dipped down to 0C, (32F). It was up to 7C by dawn. But warmest of all during the day was Kinloss on the Moray Firth, once again helped by the Fohn Effect. Here 13C, (55F) was recorded.

The crest of this wave of mild air crossed Scotland by day, returning the country to polar air with a drop in temperature of some 4 degrees immediately as the cold front passed over.

For a reason that I can't really find, Sennybridge in Powys was coldest by day with no more than 8C. In fact, all day the thermometer varied by no more than one degree.

Sunniest was Buxton, Derbyshire: For a change being roughly in the geographical middle of Britain meant the cloud flowed around and about, but not over. Buxton returned 5.2 hours of sunshine.

Rain fell as the cold front crossed Scotland, Northern Ireland and in the evening, northern England. The most recorded for the day was 35mm in Lusa, Isle of Skye.

Strengthening wind over Scotland stopped temperatures dropping too much after dark, (at least below mountain tops), whereas southern England, in no wind, got cold enough for fog in Bournemouth by 9pm.

The cold front, as forecast, ground to a halt over Wales, Derbyshire and the Humber.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website